Cultivator.



No. 886,190. PATEN'I'ED APR; 28, 1908. J. F. DEAL.

CULTIVATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 19, 1906.

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Unirnn JACOB F. DEAL, OF TILTON, GEORGIA.

CULTIVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 28, 1968.

Application filed November 19, 1906. Serial No. 344,110.

T 0 all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB F. DEAL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tilton, in the county of Whitfield and State of Georgia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in cultivators.

The object of my invention is to provide a cultivator of the characterdescribed, in which theplow points are readily adjusted at the desiredangle, and in which the standards are reversible in respect to the plowbeam, whereby a right or left hand cultivator may be readily formed bychanging the standards from one side of the beam to the other.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap andeffective plow beam, whereby the standards are readily attached ordetached, as desired, all of which will be fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a perspective view of myimproved cultivator. Fig. 2, is a top plan view of Fig. 1 showing indotted lines the standards in a reversed position to form a left handcultivator. Fig. 3, is a side elevation partly broken away looking fromthe opposite side from that of Fig. 1. a

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents a plow beam which, as shown,is of an elongated form, and made of wood. The rear end 2 thereof onopposite sides is provided with the obliquely arranged recesses 3 and 4in which are bolted, by means of bolts 5, the upwardly-extending handles6 which are of the usual form used on cultivators of the characterdescribed. The forward end of the beam is provided with a clevis 7 ofany form, as this forms no part of my invention.

The beam 1 intermediate its ends is provided with a vertically-arrangedelongated slot 8 which extends entirely through the beam from the upperto the lower edge, as shown. This slot 8 as shown, is centrally locatedin respect to the side, and extending from the rear wall 9 of the slotis a vertical out or slit 10 which extends entirely through the beam andthrough the end 11 of the beam, and thus making the slot 8 so that itcan be slightly opened by the slit or cut 10,

and thus having a clamping action-on the standard within the slot 8, ashereinafter more fully described.

The slot' 8, as before stated, is of an elongated form, and extendingtherein is the horizontal portion 12 of the standard 13. The forward endof said horizontal portion is provided with an enlarged segmentalportion 14 which is provided with a series of openings 1 5, and passingtransversely through the beam and one end of said openings is a bolt 16.The said portion 12 adjacent the opposite end is provided with anopening 17, and passing transversely through the beam and the opening 17is a belt 18 which forms the fulcrum point upon which the standard 13rocks while the opposite end forms the holding and adjusting means.

The bolt 16, as before stated, serves as the adjusting and holding meansfor the standard 13, and the said bolt extends considerably beyond theplow beam and has an elongated sleeve 18 surrounding the same, andpivotally mounted on said bolt beyond the sleeve is a second standard.19, and thus the said bolt serves as a fulcrum for-the said arm. Thesaid standard extends forward and has its end drawn inwardly, as shown,so that it extends against the side of the beam. This portion isenlarged into a segmental portion 19 having a series of openings 20 bymeans of which the arm is adjusted for arranging the angles of thecultivator teeth. Passing transversely through the beam is a bolt 21which passes through one of the series of openings 20. Said bolt extendsa considerable distance outwardly beyond the beam, and mounted thereonis a sleeve 22, and carried by the bolt on the outside of the sleeve isan arm 23 which is curved, and extends downwardly and has attachedthereto a scraper or weed cultivator 24. The arm 23 has a rearwardextension 25 throu hwhich the bolt 16 asses, and by means of which thesame is rigidly attached to the plow beam.

Passing transversely through the plow beam from the side to that of thebolt, 16, is abolt 26 which is provided with a sleeve 27, and said boltpasses through an opening in the standard 28 and a nut 29 secures thesame thereon. The said standard has an extended portion 30 which is bentinwardly and provided with an enlarged portion 31 provided with a seriesof openings 32 through one of which the bolt passes, and has a nut 33the forward plow point will be on the left of with the standards.

for locking said arm thereon, and at the same time the bolt forms afulcrum pointfor the central standard 13.

As shown in Fig. 1, the standards are arl ranged to form a right handcultivator, and

extending from the rear wall of the slot through the end of the beam, astandard having a horizontal portion within the slot, a horizontal boltpassing through the forward 5 end of the slot and through the standardand teeth, or the central standard can be removed, I making a two-plowcultivator. When it is desired to form a left hand cultivator, the

passing through the beam opposite the rear end of the slot and throughthe standard and adapted to secure the forward end of another rearstandard 28 is removed and the bolts at standard on the outside of thebeam, and a the forward end are reversed, and the said bolt passingthrough the rear split endof the standard placed thereon, while theforward beam and holding the beam together and standard is movedbackward and the rear forming a ivot for the standard. bolts passedthrough from the opposite direc- 2. A cul tivator comprising a beamhaving tion and the same secured thereon in the a central elongated slottherein intermediate same manner as that shown in Fig. 1 By its ends,and said beam having avertical cut this construction and arrangement ofparts, extending from ,the rear wall of the slot through the rear end ofthe beam, a standard having a horizontal portion within the slot, theforward end of the horizontal standard having a segmental series ofopenings arranged in its forward end, a bolt passing through the beamand through one of the series of openings in the standard, and adaptedto form the pivot of a second standard on the outside of the beam, asecond bolt passing through the beam opposite the rear end of the slotand through the standard and forming the pivot of said standard and adated to secure the forward end of a third stanc ard on the outside of thebeam, and a bolt passin through the rear split end of the beam anholding the beam together and said bolt adapted to form the pivot of thethird standard on the outside of the beam. In testimony whereof I afliXin presence of two witnesses.

JACOB F. DEAL.

the beam, while the rear point will be on the right of the machine.

The standards, as shown, are curved and are provided with an opening 34,and resting against the forward end of the standard are the cultivatorteeth 35 which, as shown, have double points and are curved tocorrespond Said teeth are provided with. central openings and passingthrough said. openings and the openings in the stand ards are bolts 37by means of which the cultivator teeth are secured to the standards.Mounted upon the bolts at the rear of the standards, are the heel sweeps38, and on the underside of said sweeps are the nuts 39 by means ofwhich they are clamped to the standards, together with the cultivatorteeth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A cultivator comprising a beam having a central elongated slottherein intermediate its ends, and said beam having a vertical cut mysignature Witnesses:

W. O. GRovEs, JOHN F. OARNEY.

